Fahim,
As a long time observer of your work, I've come to appreciate the humanity in your mind that controls where and when you point your camera. Here, once again you succeeded in getting that right. I do have strong reservations on your exageration of detail. This breaks up the unity of the image into a patchwork of unrelated textures. With that, the strong materials you produce overrun the soul of the person you seek to reveal to us.
I don't like saying how your pictures should be presented. After all, they come from your minds values and nuanced preferences which must be preserved at all costs. However, some of these are overlaid perhaps with populist fashions of manipulation which go in the opposite direction of where, I believe, your heart is.
Let me know how wrong I am! If this was a picture of a building or tree, then, of course, go ahead with the filters. To me at least, with people, this post processing undoes the magic of your empathy for what moves you so much.
Now the storm!!
Asher
Thanks for the explanation Fahim. I respect that. The oversharpening I am referring to is the white harsh lines surrounding the subject. I think you will notice what I am referring to. That will have nothing to do with your awesome lens - - - but will be a result of sharpening in processing I suspect. It is something that isn't really noticable in these additional shots.
Rob
There are times for a context to be provided, I agree. Most times, for me, there is no need.
That is true. The only thing that I feel with the first image you posted, is that even though her hands are close to the edge of the frame and so you don't tend to focus on them - there is money in her hands - and so it begs an answer as to why it is there if it were included. So in trying to find a point of interest in the frame, that is where I headed. The viewpoint of the woman is such that it is hard to get a sense of her with the high camera angle and extreme profile (only in my view). But - don't get me wrong, I have found many "gems" in the images that you have posted. This shot adds to the list.
Rob